Why is it that Chen Shuning gets help with chopping wood and buying coal, while she has to endure the cold and freezing weather every day?
Today too, why is it that Chen Shuning can buy whatever she wants, while she can't even afford a small table that she likes?
However, all the resentment and jealousy vanished when he saw Chen Shuning struggling to get there, especially since he was now sitting comfortably on the back of the bicycle. You should know that the bicycle that Shen Wenge's third sister had just bought for him was the first one in Qingshan Brigade, and even the brigade leader's family didn't have one.
Moreover, seeing that Chen Shuning seemed unable to afford such an expensive small kang table, Yang Wanqiu felt even more at ease.
Although the furniture she bought won't be delivered until tomorrow, at least she'll have all the furniture for the house, and her future life won't be much worse than Chen Shuning's.
Shen Wenge's situation was somewhat unexpected. After Yang Wanqiu bought her furniture today, she planned to go to the supply and marketing cooperative. Unexpectedly, she ran into Shen Wenge and his sister buying bicycles there. Watching Shen's third sister's extravagant shopping, Yang Wanqiu suddenly felt that spending time with Shen Wenge wouldn't be a bad idea.
In addition, Wang Wenqi seemed to have some suspicions about her these past few days, often staring at her with a sinister look. Fearing that Wang Wenfang's affair would be exposed, Yang Wanqiu immediately decided to try getting along with Shen Wenge.
After all, Wang Wenfang wasn't the only victim in that incident. Strictly speaking, the Shen family was also a victim, because based on her understanding of the Wang siblings, the fact that they were able to let Shen Wenge off so easily meant that the Shen family had paid a considerable price.
Moreover, after spending some time with Shen Wenge, Yang Wanqiu truly regretted not discovering the Shen family's strength sooner.
Because she learned from Shen Wenge that Wang Wenfang's return to the city was not as simple as it seemed; rather, her third brother-in-law had used his connections to get her into the army, specifically the military arts troupe, which was notoriously difficult to get into.
You should know that in that era, the military arts troupe was the place where you could most easily come into contact with the main force and high-ranking leaders.
If she had known the Shen family had this ability, she wouldn't have gone to all that trouble to scheme against Wang Wenfang; she could have just taken matters into her own hands.
Of course, that's all in the future. At this point, Yang Wanqiu was only thinking about getting to know Shen Wenge because she saw the money in his hand.
Regardless of what Yang Wanqiu was thinking, Chen Shuning was in no mood to pay attention to her. Even if Yang Wanqiu just sat on the back of the bicycle and swaggered around, Chen Shuning wouldn't listen to her even if she said something unpleasant at this moment.
She was so tired that her legs felt like they were made of lead, and every lift required all her strength.
Just as Chen Shuning and the other two finally managed to get back to the educated youth compound, He Chaoyang, who was riding in a military truck, arrived at the Hongqi Town police station.
Unlike last time when it was just him and Shen Chunsheng, this time He Chaoyang was accompanied by more than twenty fully armed People's Liberation Army soldiers.
In the courtyard of the police station, Chief Fan Guangming and Deputy Chief Yu Deshui were already waiting there. As soon as He Chaoyang got out of the car, the chief personally came to greet him.
"Battalion Commander He, we've been waiting for you! The situation over there is far too complicated, and we just have a few people here who are really struggling to handle it. That's why we've troubled you to make this trip. We're truly sorry."
"Director Fan, I learned about the situation here before I came, but it wasn't comprehensive. I would appreciate it if you could give me a more detailed introduction to the situation later."
He Chaoyang came here on orders from his superiors, saying that a group of enemy agents had stolen important national intelligence and were trying to escape abroad through the continuous mountains connecting the country.
It was precisely because of the vastness of the mountains and the presence of many wild animals and unknown dangers that the local police station requested assistance from the military, asking them to send personnel to assist in the operation to capture enemy agents.
Although He Chaoyang had just returned to his unit after completing his previous mission, the unit leaders decided to send him over again because of the importance of this mission.
Next, He Chaoyang worked with the police station to understand and study the case and formulate an arrest plan.
As for the Qingshan Brigade, although they didn't put too much stuff in their baskets, Chen Shuning, who had never walked this far in either her past or present life, didn't know how she had made it back.
Although she was starving, Chen Shuning had no desire to cook, and was even too lazy to eat the food that was readily available in her space.
Chen Shuning, who just wanted to take off her clothes and lie down as soon as possible, had no intention of lighting a fire to heat the kang (a heated brick bed). Instead, she used the ceramic water turtle that her mother had prepared for her for the first time, filled it with hot water from her space, laid out the quilt, and planned to rest for a while until it got completely dark before going to sleep in her space for the night.
This was Chen Shuning's usual practice during the autumn harvest. When she was too tired, she would not light a fire to heat the kang (a heated brick bed), but would secretly go to sleep in her space. However, this was the first time she had used the water turtle that her mother had prepared for her.
Just as Chen Shuning finished getting ready to take off her clothes and lie down, there was a knock on the door.
All that could be heard from outside was Wang Chunni's voice calling out, "Shuning, are you asleep, Shuning?"
Upon hearing the sound, Chen Shuning quickly stopped taking off her clothes, got out of bed, put on her shoes, and went to open the door.
Wang Chunni, standing outside the door, held a steaming bowl of noodles with soybean paste and looked at Chen Shuning with a smile, saying, "Laidi said there's no smoke coming from your chimney. She figured you're just too lazy to cook, so she asked me to bring you a bowl of noodles. Hurry up and come inside to eat while it's hot. I'll light the stove for you first. The weather isn't like during the autumn harvest when you can just cover yourself with more blankets. If you don't heat the kang (a traditional heated bed) in this weather, you'll definitely get sick if you sleep in."
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